Toilet article



1931- w. c. ROESSINGER 1,819,004

TOILET ARTICLE Filed Oct. L0, 1950 ATTORNEYS.

Patented Aug. 18, 1931 UN TED STATES PATENT. OFFICE WALTE'R c.ROESSINGER, or FOREST HILLS,

NEW YORK, ASSIGN OR, BY MESN E ASSIGN- MENTS, TO NORTHA I M WARRENCORPORATION, OI NEW YORK, N.'Y., A. CORPORA- TION OF NEW YORK TOILETARTICLE Application filed October 10, 1930. S.=.ria111'o.487,705.

This invention relates particularly to a toilet article for use inwhitening the under sides of the finger nails.

Among the objects of the invention are to provide an article of thischaracter embodying novel and improved, simple and inexpensive featuresof construction and including a coating composition to be applied to thenails, enclosed within a casing or holder to project from one endthereof, and to provide such an article having the casing formed ofsuitable material which can be cut or broken away to expose thecomposition for useso that as the exposed portion of the composition isexhausted by use, a new portion may be presented for use by simplyremoving the end portion of the casing.

Other objects are to'provide such a toilet article in which thecomposition is slowly soluble in water so as to soften when moistened orapplied to a moistened nail, but when dry is normally stifi' and hard sothat it can be used for both removing dirt from beneath the nails andrubbing the composition upon the nail so as to spread the compositioninto a uniform coating; to provide a toilet article for the purposedescribed comprising a cylindrical rod of suitable composition encasedand positively held in'a casing of wood or other material which can beeasily cut away to expbse the composition, as by a knife or pencilsharpener; to provide a novel and improved composition for the purposedescribed, and to obtain other advantages and results as will be broughtout by the following description.

Referring to the accompanying drawings in which corresponding and likeparts are designated by the same reference characters throughout theseveral views,

Figure 1 is a side elevation, partially in section, of a toilet articleembodying my invention, and

Figure 2-is a fragmentary elevation of the article showing the manner ofusing it.

Specifically describing the present embodiment of the invention, thearticle includes a cylindrical stick or rod 1 of asuitable compositionwhich under normal atmospheric conditions is hard andstilf but whichwhen composition preferably includes a white pigment, for example,lithopone, zinc sulphide, zinc oxide or an equivalent which is reducedwith asuitable filler such as starch, calcium carbonate, kaolin, talcum,or the like, and a binder such as gum arabic, Irish moss, gumtragacanth, dextrine, casein or the like.

One manner of forming the composition is to add one part of the filler,for example, calcium carbonate, to two parts of the pigment, for examplelithopone and mechanically mix these ingredients. To one hundred partsof said mixture is added about eight and one quarter per cent by weight,of the binder, for example gum arabic. This mixture is then shaped intothe c able manner, such as the method commonly used in making leadpencil leads. The composition under atmospheric conditions is hard andstiff, but it may be softened or slowly dissolved in water.

The rod or stick 1 is positively secured in any suitable manner as byglue in an axial which the pointed end 6 of the composition stick isinserted beneath the nail and rubbed against "the under side thereof, asclearly shown in Figure 2 of the drawings. The

' hardness and stiffness and slow softening of the composition enablesthe pointed end of the stick to be used both for removing'dirt frombeneath the nail and composition into a uniform coating over the underside of the nail. After this operation the composition hardens on thenail and a white and clean appearance of the nail is profor rubbing thet duced. Thecoating can be removed by a subsequent identical operation.After the ex osed portion of the composition stick has een exhausted byuse, a new J cally wound paper strip,-

portion may be presented for use by cutting away the end of the casing3.

Preferably the composition stick 1 is of such diameter that when pointedit is of such size as to easily enter beneath the nail and conform moreor less to the shape of the space between the nail and the tip of thefinger. Also, the casing 3 is preferably of such a diameter as a leadpencil, so that the casing can be sharpened in the usual pencilsharpener. The article having such proportions is also very convenientfor use and carrying in a hand bag or the like, and the casing protectsthe composition stick against breaking and maintains the unexposedportion in clean and sanitary condition. p

, Instead of a casing of wood or similar material, I may use a casingformed of a helias in writing pencils, whereby the stick can be exposedby unwinding and tearing off a piece of said strip. Also, I may utilizea metal or like casing having mechanical means for projecting the stickposition to the nail; in other words,

from the casing for use and retracting the stick into the casing whendesired, for example mechanism such as utilized in so-called mechanicalpencils The article constructed as described also economizes in the useof the composition as well as enabling neat application of the comonlyso much of the composition as is necessary for the purpose is applied tothe nail, and soiling of the finger tip by excess composition isavoided. Furthermore, no additional implement, such as an orange stickis necessary forapplying the composition to the nail.

While .I have shown and described the invention as embodied in certaindetails of construction, it should be understood that this is primarilyfor the purpose of illustrating the principles of the invention, andthe. shape and construction of the article may be varied by thoseskilled in the art without departing from the spirit or scope ofFurthermore, other compositions than those described, suitable for thepurpose, may be utilized. Therefore, I do notdesire to be understood aslimiting myself except as required by the followingclaims when construedin the light of the prior art.

' Having thus described my invention, I claim is: i t 1. A toiletarticle for whitening finger nails, comprising a white coatingcomposition which is hard and stiff under normal atmospheric conditions,

when moistened and adhere to a nail when what rubbed thereon inmoistened condition, and

willthen harden and form a white coating on the nail.-

2. A toilet article for whitening -finger nails, comprising a stick of awhite coating composition which is hard and stiff under normalatmospheric conditions, will slowly the invention.

will slowly soften soften when moistened and adhere to a nail whenrubbed thereon in moistened condition and then harden to form a whitecoating on the nail, and a casing in which said stick 1s positivelysecured, said casing being formed rubbed thereon in moistened condition,and

will then harden and form a colored coating on the nail. I

5. A toilet article of the character described, comprising a stick ofcoating composition which is hard and stiff under normal atmosphericconditions, will slowly soften when moistened and adhere to the nailwhen rubbed thereon in moistened condition and then harden to form acolored coating on the nail, and a casing in which said stick ispositively secured, said casing being formed of material capable ofbeing removed to expose a port-ion of said stick for use. p

6. A toilet article of the character described, comprising a stick ofcoating composition whichis hard and stiff under normal atmosphericconditions and which will slowly soften when moistened and adhere to thenail when rubbed thereon, said composition comprising. about one part offiller to two parts of pigment and about 8% by weight of binder.

7. A toilet article of the character described, comprising a stick ofcoating composition which is hard and stiff under normaatmosphericconditions and which will slowly soften when moistened andadhere to the nail when rubbed thereon, said composition comprisingabout one part of filler to two parts of pigment and about 8% by weightof binder, and a casing, in which said stick is secured, said casingbeing formed of material capable of being removed to expose a portion ofsaid stick for use.

* WALTER C. ROESSINGER.

